Telfair Hodgson Jr.

Telfair Hodgson Jr., also known as Telfair Hodgson, (September 14, 1876 – September 16, 1952) was an American businessman and academic administrator. He was the treasurer of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1949. He was also the president of the Bank of Sewanee, and a developer of Belle Meade, Tennessee.

Telfair Hodgson
BornSeptember 14, 1876
DiedSeptember 16, 1952
Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materSewanee: The University of the South
Occupation(s)Businessman, academic administrator
SpouseMedora Cheatham
Children1 daughter
Parent(s)Telfair Hodgson
Frances Potter

Early life

Hodgson was born on September 14, 1876.[1][2] His father, Telfair Hodgson, was an Episcopal priest who served as the third vice chancellor of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1879 to 1890. His mother, nee Frances Potter, was the daughter of a slave-owning planter from Savannah, Georgia.[3]

Hodgson graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1898.[1] He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[2]

Career

Hodgson began his career at Brown Bros. & Co., an investment bank in New York City. He returned to Sewanee, where he was the president of the Bank of Sewanee.[1]

Hodgson served as the treasurer of his alma mater, Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1949.[1] He served on the board of directors of the Emerald-Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee, and he was the president of the Sewanee Civic Committee.[1] He was a registrar of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and senior warden of the Otey Memorial Parish Church in Sewanee.[2]

With Luke Lea (the publisher of The Tennessean) and David Shepherd, Hodgson became the owner of the Belle Meade Land Company in 1910. The company developed the main streets of Belle Meade, Tennessee, including Jackson Boulevard and Belle Meade Boulevard.[4]

Personal life and death

Hodgson married Medora Cheatham, the daughter of Confederate Major-General Benjamin F. Cheatham and great-granddaughter of James Robertson.[5] She served as the honorary president-general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).[5] They had a daughter, Alice,[1] who married surgeon Edward Frost Parker (d. 1998),[5][6] who was the son of Edward Frost Parker (d. 1938),[7] the dean of the Medical College of South Carolina.[8]

Hodgson died on September 16, 1952, in Sewanee, Tennessee, at 75, two days shy of his 76th birthday.[1][9] He was buried in Sewanee.[10]

References
  1. "Telfair Hodgson Dies At Sewanee. Heart Attack Fatal To Former Treasurer; Had Retired In 1949". The Tennessean. September 17, 1952. pp. 1–2. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. "Telfair Hodgson Dies At Sewanee". The Jackson Sun. September 17, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved June 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Torian, Sarah Hodgson (December 1943). "Ante-Bellum and War Memories of MRS. Telfair Hodgson". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 27 (4): 350–356. JSTOR 40576904.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Meade Golf Links Subdivision Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  5. "Mrs Hodgson Rites Tomorrow". The Tennessean. March 16, 1969. p. 49. Retrieved June 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Renowned surgeon dies in Charleston". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. December 21, 1998. p. 4. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "College Dean Dies". Tampa Bay Times. March 29, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Miss Hodgson Is Betrothed". The Tennessean. November 26, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Sewanee Treasurer, Telfair Hodgson, Dies". The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. September 17, 1952. p. 9. Retrieved June 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Telfair Hodgson Rites Set Today". The Tennessean. September 18, 1952. p. 29. Retrieved June 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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